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It's Not Just Parents Saying No Skimpy Clothes
Above at right, Nancy Edmundson and Nicole Madden, both 14, try on clothes in an American Eagle dressing room. Bottom photo at left, Daisy Diaz, 17, is fourth in line for a dressing room at Forever 21.
(Photos By Melina Mara -- The Washington Post)
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Many of the girls described their personal styles as clean-cut or preppy. Several listed shorts as must-have items but specified the longer Bermuda styles. Margot Sidman, 15, of the District turned up her nose at the form-fitting fashion at Wet Seal.
"It looks like it's for partying 20-year-olds," she said.
Her friend Emily Haynes, 15, of Potomac was even more cutting: "No, it looks like it's for middle schoolers."
When the remodeled Victoria's Secret opened in Tysons two years ago, the feathery-thong-clad mannequins sparked heated debate over the appropriateness of the display, especially for impressionable teen eyes. (The store later toned it down, but the mannequins remain.) Gulmeena Khan, 12, of Sterling, who is Muslim and came shopping in a head scarf, delivered her verdict on the store without a second thought: "Gross."
Nadine Gibson, 16, of McLean usually avoids that entrance to the store and heads straight for its Pink section, which sells collegiate-inspired loungewear.
"I like this part of the store because it's not like regular Victoria's Secret stuff," she said. "I don't need the lingerie."
Nadine also stopped at Macy's and Lord & Taylor to search for prom dresses. A junior in high school, she said she realizes she's growing up.
"I want to look nice, so I'm beginning to shop at more adult shops," she said.
Daisy Diaz, 17, of Arlington was on a similar mission as she browsed for prom dresses. She said her mom always wants to look at what she comes home with, mostly because she likes to borrow her daughter's clothes.
"My mom trusts that I won't buy anything really slutty," she said.
